Car-seat.



0. D. REISINGER.

CAR SEA'T. APPLlcMloN man MMU. \916.

0. D. REISINGER.

CAR-SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED IIIAYII. 191e.

1,219,868. i famed Mar. 2o, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

QZQMM OBIED D. REISINGER, OF STFPAUL, MINNESOTA.

CAR-SEAT.

Speciication of Letters Patent.

' Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

Application filed May 17, 1916. Serial No. 98,041.

To all whom t may concern.'

Bc it known that I, Orino D. REISINGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Seats; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in car seats, and particularly tosuch seats having shftable backs for changing the direction in which theseat faces. To the above end, generally stated, the invention consistsof the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter describedand defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, likecharacters iiidicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is an end elevation of the improved car seat, some parts beingdiagrammatically indicated by means of broken lines, with some` partsbroken away .and some of the exposed parts shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the invention, as illustrated in Fig. 1,with a portion of the car structure diagrammatically illustrated 'bymeans of broken lines,

Fig. 3 is a view, principally in transverse vertical section taken onthe line m3 w3 of Fig. 2; and U t Fig. 4 is a fragmentary d etail view,with some parts sectioned on the line m4 of Fig. 1, on an enlargedscale.

The numerals 1, 2, 3 and 4 diagrammatically illustrate partly by Ibrokenlines, the floor, side, window sill and heating pipes of a railwaypassenger coach.

The numeral 5 indicates a pair of laterally spaced leg castings screwedor otherwise rigidly secured in position to the car floor 1. Integrallyformed with the upper extremity of each leg casting 5, is a horizontalflange 6. These horizontal flanges 6 5o are turned outward in oppositedirections and have integrally formed with their outer edge portionsvertical flanges 7. The upper extremities of the leg castings 5 arerigidly secured against lateral movement by a pair of angle bars 8,having their horizontal flanges turned toward each other and theirvertical flanges turned downward. (See Fig. 3). The vertical flanges ofthe bars 8 rest directly upon the horizontal flanges 6 and theirhorizontal flanges rest upon 60 lugs 9, integrally formed with thevertical flanges 7 of the leg castings 5. The ends of the bars 8 abutagainst the inner faces of the flanges 7 and machine screws 10detachably connect the bars 8 to the lugs 9. A seat 65 proper 11 closelyfits between the flanges 7 and is detachably and removably supported onthe bars 8.

A shiftable back 12 is supported by and between a pair of brackets 13having, at 70 their lower extremities, a pair of axially alinedtrunnions 14 journaled in the vertical flanges 7 and bearings 15,integrally formed with the horizontal flanges 6. These trunnions 14, asshown, are preferably made independent from the brackets 13 and haveangular interlocking engagement therewith at 16, to connect the vsainefor common oscillatory movement. The outer ends of the trunnions 14l areprovided with heads 17 to 80 prevent axial displacement of the trunnions14 from the brackets 13 by an inward movement. The back-supportingbrackets .13 are supported in their two extreme positions on stop lugs18 integrally formed 85 with the flanges 7. These stop lugs 18 haveupturned flanges v 19 with inner Vbeveled. surfaces, with which thebrackets 13 engage to crowd the same toward the flanges 7 and preventlateral movement of the said 90 brackets 13.

The upper extremity of each bracket 13 is bifurcated tovform an openseat V2O t0 receive by a vertical movement headed gudgeons 21 on theupper extremities of flat 95 bars 22 screwed or otherwise rigidlysecured to the end of the back 12. Y On the lower extremities of thesebars 22, is a pair of axially alined studs 23, which work in segmentalslots 24 formed in the brackets 13, the radii 10o of these slots 24extending from the axis of the seat 20. Each bracket 13 has, above itsslot 24, a pair of oppositely extended surfaces from each of whichextends a pair of horizontal outturned lugs 25. A pair of arm rests 26is secured by screws to each pair of lugs 25, on the outer bracket 13.These arm rests 26 are arranged to be brought alternately into operativepositions, under the oscillatory movement of the ilo bracket 13 in themovement of the back 12 from one extreme position to the other, tochange the direction in which the seat faces.

rilhe back 12 may be removed from the brackets 13 by turning the sameinto an intermediate position to carry the studs 23 into alinement withchannels 2T, formed in the inner faces of the brackets 13 and arm rests2G, and then lifting the same. (See Figs. 3 and Obviously, the gudgeons21 support the back 12 from the bracket 13, with freedom for horizontalswinging movement, and the studs 23 limit the oscillatory movementthereof. The gudgeons 21 and studs 23 support the back 12 in an inclinedposition and the studs 23 are held in the lower extremities of the slots24, under the action of gravity.

1n the shifting of the back 12 to change the direction in which the seatfaces, a foot rest 2S is automatically shifted thereby from one extremeposition to the other. This foot rest 2S is in the form of a horizontalbar secured to a pair of arms 29 Aby forming in said arms sockets toreceive the ends of the foot rest. Integrally formed with the other endof each arm 29, is a sprocket wheel 30 and a disk-like guard 31therefor. The sprocket wheels 30 and their guards 31 are journaled on apair of axially alined trunnions 32. One of these trunnions 32 issecured to each leg` casting 5, has angular interlocking engagementtherewith to hold it against rotary movement, and is held against axialmovement by a shoulder 33 and a nut 34. rThe shoulders 33 are formed onthe trunnions 32 and engage the inner faces of the leg castings 5 andthe nuts 34 have screw-threaded engagement with the outer ends of saidtrunnions and bear against the outer faces of the leg castings 5. A nuthas screw-threaded engagement with the inner end of each trunnion 32. yOscillator-y movement is simultaneously imparted to the arms 29 by apair of sprocket chains 36, the intermediate portions of which run overthe sprocket wheels 30. The end of each sprocket chain 3G is anchored toa two-part arm 37. One of these arms 37 is pinned to the inner end ofeach trunnion 14. Horizontal stops 38, integrally formed with the innerfaces of the leg castings 5, limit the oscillatory movement of the arms29 and afford supports for the foot rest 28 in its two extremepositions.

Among the many advantages of the improved car seat are the simplicity ofconstruction, few parts to get out of order and the ease with which theback and foot rest may be shifted. By setting the leg castings inwardfrom the ends of the seat, a relatively wide aisle is obtained betweenthe outer leg castings of opposite seats and a good clearance isobtained between the inner leg casting and adjacent side of the car bodyfor the heating pipes. The construction of the seat and arrangement ofthe foot rest afford a large amount of room under the seat, where gripsand other luggage may be stored. In cleaning a car, equipped with myimproved seats, the backs thereof may be set in intermediate positions,in which positions the foot rests are at their highest points making itextremely easy to scrub or clean the car under the seats.

1n some instances, it might be desirable to use a train of three gearsas a connection between the brackets 13 and arms 29 in place of thesprocket wheels and chains.

lVhat 1 claim is 1. A car seat having a shiftable back for changing thedirection in which the seat faces, a pair of pivoted arms having attheir free ends a foot rest, and connections from the back to one ofsaid arms for oscillating the foot rest from one side to the other of avertical .position above the arm pivots.

2. A. car seat having a shiftable back for changing the direction inwhich the seat faces, a pair of pivoted arms having at their free ends afoot rest, and connections from the back to one of said arms foroscillating the foot rest from one side to the other of a verticalposition above the arm pivots, said connections including a sprocketwheel and chain.

3. A car seat comprising leg members, back supporting brackets pivotedto the leg member, a. pair of arms pivoted to the leg members, one ofsaid arms having sprocket teeth, a foot rest carried by the arms, and asprocket chain with respect to said brackets and arranged to run oversaid sprocket teeth for oscillating the foot rest from one side to theother of a vertical position above the arm pivots.

4. A car seat comprising leg members, back supporting brackets havingtrunnions journaled on the leg members, a two-part a rm on one of saidtrunnions, a pair of arms pivoted to the leg members, one of said armshaving sprocket teeth, a foot rest carried by said arms, and a sprocketchain having its ends anchored to the two-part arm and arranged to runover said sprocket teeth for oscillating the foot rest from one side tothe other of a vertical position above theV arm pivots.

5. A. car seat comprising leg members, back supporting brackets pivotedto the leg members and having open seats and segmental slots, a backhaving upper and lower studs, said upper studs being mounted in the openseats and said lower studs working in the segmental slots, said backadapted to be lifted from said brackets when moved to a predeterminedposition.

6. A car seat comprising leg members, back-supporting brackets'pivotally mounted on said leg members, at their lower eX- tremities, forvertical oscillatory movement,

each of said brackets having an open seat spaced rest lugs for thebrackets.

and a segmental slot, a back having on each end vertically spaced studs,the upper studs beimr mounted in the open seats of said bracket and thelower studs Working in the segmental slots, said back adapted to belifted from said brackets when moved into a predetermined position, anda pair of In testimony whereof I aHX my signature in presence of tWowitnesses.

OBIED D. REISINGER. Witnesses:

EVA E. KNIG, HARRY D. KILGORE.

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